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Sunday Picture Post: The Wooded Hills of Costessey
Before I moved to the coast, I had only to open my door and stroll to be amongst these wooded hills. Now (7th November) we bus into Norwich and bus out to Costessey. But it’s worth it… Photos taken just … Continue reading
Caught in the Rain. Again
According to the weather forecast we should have been on the bus coming home before the rain came. But it caught the tail end of our walk. It wasn’t torrential, though more than a brief shower. We took shelter here. … Continue reading
Sunday Picture Post: Back Home
It doesn’t matter the years since we’ve moved, our childhood home is always “home”. So, hop on a bus, then another, and come walk with me the woods and hills and lanes of my childhood. We start with the woods. … Continue reading
Sunday Picture Post: In Winter Woods
7th February, we hop on a bus to Norwich to walk along the Wensum Valley and visit the little Tud. From there we head into Costessey where there are wooded hills. Please come with me… Woodland photography isn’t easy when … Continue reading
Sunday Picture Post: The Wooded Hills of Home
17th November, we bus into Norwich then walk out along Marriott’s Way to Costessey. Land of my birth, scene of my wild days, the village sits on glacial deposits of sand and gravel; over the centuries those aggregates have been … Continue reading
Green Hills and Vales
April 22nd. The day arrives for our annual return to our childhood home, to the woods where I played Robin Hood and Sir Ivanhoe, where I learned the names of wild flowers. And from the woods a walk along Marriotts … Continue reading
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Tagged Costessey, Marriott's Way, Norfolk Walks, Photos, River Tud, River Wensum, Trees
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In Time for Lunch
It wasn’t that the walk that morning had been long and arduous. It wasn’t that we melted beneath a fierce summer sun. But we had been out since 7:00 am (to catch the bus into Norwich) and walking since 7:40. … Continue reading
A Square Round Well
My submission for the #2019picoftheweek challenge title: All’s Well For details of #2019picoftheweek challenge see MariaAntonia This magnificent well sits beside the main Norwich to Dereham road, at the corner of Longwater Lane in Costessey. Despite misinformation to the contrary, … Continue reading
Autumn in the Wensum Valley
A fortnight back I took a walk in the Wensum Valley—Taverham to Ringland and back to Taverham, via the flooded gravel-workings of Costessey Pits. Alas, as I got off the bus the heavens opened and, apart from a brief spell, … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, Costessey, Photos, Ringland Hills, River Wensum, Taverham
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Norfolk Hills
For the last two walks I’ve been on my own. This week my daughter was joining me. It was those magic words, trees, hills. As we made our way to the bus stop we discussed which end of the route … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Munnings, Costessey, Costessey Pits, Norfolk Pubs, Parson Woodforde, Ringland Hills
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